Louis Vuitton, the brand which releases travel guides on a regular basis, packing guidelines and themed collections, seems to be a perfect “travel companion.” The fashion brand is now releasing a new campaign to support the “the art of travel” theme—the new promotion featuring model Arizona Muse, is to launch in mid-November.
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The fashion giant Louis Vuitton is a recognized traveling expert—on the annual basis, it releases its Louis Vuitton City Guide books to help people discover more about the cities they are going to visit or the cities where they already live. The printed guides traditionally include new revised addresses of stunning establishments, must-see hot spots, fine-food destinations and more. In addition, the brand offers people around the globe to get a sneak peek into the book by watching a short inspiring video dedicated to the city. The new series of spots for Louis Vuitton City Guides 2013 were shot by director Romain Chassaing, who managed to reveal the unique nature of each city’s in less than 3 minutes videos.
Fall is time to start choosing items for your spring wardrobe and accessories range, so the iconic watch brand Swatch and accessory designer Fred Butler teamed up to create a new collection of striking limited edition watch. The result of the collaborative effort embodies the spring spirit and the brand’s stylistic approach—the new kaleidoscopic watch has a hexangular shape and its colour palette if full of vibrant neon shades, so the accessory looks like a rainbow.
There are many ways to support a good cause with the public help. Brands help by spreading awareness about the cause, encouraging fans to donate money to some non-profit, doubling the donation by adding as much as has already been collected, or donating money for likes or comments. The last is the approach selected by Ralph Lauren for its new initiative related to the company’s Pink Pony Fund. The fashion brand will be giving $1 to the Pink Pony Fund of the Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation for every comment made on the brand’s Tumblr page.
Chanel reveals it secrets online—the brand, which has become the epitome of style, is telling its story on a dedicated website, Inside.Chanel.com. Yesterday, on October 4, the brand released a teaser video on its YouTube channel, where it focuses on its iconic fragrance, Chanel No.5 over ninety years ago, inviting the audience to visit the major destination and watch the full version of the movie.
Pernod Ricard’s luxurious whisky Chivas Regal 12 YO launches a new creative initiative— the annual collaborations with famous people of art and craft aimed to create limited-edition series of packaging inspired by gentlemen style, masculinity and craftsmanship called ‘Made for Gentlemen’. The brand has debuted the first collaboration of this kind with British luxury shoe designer Tim Little, the owner and creative director of a male shoe brand Grenson, who designed a collectible tin featuring a stylish deconstruction of classic English leather shoes.
New York has been inspiring creative minds for decades, being the center of art, music and fashion scene of the country. The High Line is the city’s iconic location, which has influenced creative work of a number of artists and brands, needs some support from people who want to preserve the authenticity of the place. Recently, Friends of the High Line, which “works to build and maintain an extraordinary public park on the High Line… by transforming an essential piece of New York’s industrial past,” launched a merchandise program, which was joined by Diane von Furstenberg. The fashion designer created a special-edition collection to contribute the non-profit organization, which “provides over 90 percent of the High Line’s annual operating budget.”